Bacon Admiral Sir Reginald Mcmurtrie (7 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good. Blue cloth, the colour is faded on the spine, some patchy fading to the bottom of the covers. Hinges good, some foxing to the first and last few pages mostly, and to the outer page edges. With 3 maps (including a map of Pacific outlining the Japanese mandate of the islands in the north Pacific), 2 maps with very slight fore-edge margin stain. 208 pages.

Condition: Good. Boards have some wear, light soiling, fading to spine. Content is clean and has light toning. No DJ.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Inscription of owner at start of book. Clean tight text in sound covers which are a bit marked. Spine heavily bleached and bit marked but white lettering unaffected. Just a good reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Chemical Publishing Co. , Broooklyn, NY, 1941. 208 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Published soon after the outbreak of WWII this study of naval strategy examins the subject from a historical perspective, through WW1, the years of p[ace and the early actions of WWII, including River Plate and the initial impact of aircraft versus surface ships. An interesting book from the point of view of theories and conclusions that were not all fulfilled wwing to the rapid technological advances later in WWII. Air attack, amphibious warfare, convoys, forcasts for a Pacific conflict. Are among the 10 chapters. Admiral Bacon combined with Francis McMurtrie, then editor Janes Fighting Ships, to present a readable and now historically interesting work on a subject that instantly became one of the most vital elements of WWII, naval operations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Chemical Publishing Co. , Broooklyn, NY, 1941. 208 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Admiral Sir Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon, KCB, KCVO, DSO (6 September 1863 9 June 1947) [1] was an officer in the Royal Navy noted for his technical abilities. He was described by the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Jacky Fisher, as the man "acknowledged to be the cleverest officer in the Navy". EB.

Condition: Very Good. 208pp, original cloth boards, very good, slight fading on spine, owners bookplate on front free endpaper.

FIRST. FINE. Blue cloth boards. Scarce naval WWII book, rare this quality. [B136].